Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a t.v. show inrunning television series of the American science fiction
the 1960s of the American fiction genre. The showgenre with continuing characters of the decade. 32 of
was based off of the 1961 movie starring Walterthe 110 episodes produced were filmed in black and
Pidgeon and Joan Fontaine. Irwin Allen created thewhite in 1964 to 1965, and the remaining 78 were shot
television show, as well as wrote and directed the film,in color. The series had four seasons. The first two
a fact that made it possible to use the movie'sseasons were set in the (then) future of the 1970s.
costumes, sets, special effects models, props, andThe two last seasons were set in the 1980s. The
even footage in the television series' production. Irwinseries starred David Hedison and Richard Basehart.
Allen eventually had four different science fiction seriesPaul Sawtell wrote the show's theme song, "The
on television -- Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeaview Theme." The beginning of the second
being the first. Underwater adventure was the show'sseason briefly featured a darker, more serious theme
overall theme.composed by Jerry Goldsmith, but was replaced
ABC broadcasted the TV show from September ofshortly thereafter with the original song.
1964 to March of 1968. It would become the longest